This is a gift from me, for everyone who waited patiently for my comeback.I've been in some sort of...I dunno. Just didn't felt like drawing for some time.

Arthas, is the guy who spread my art around the world.And after he finally passed on, i felt like i should pay him my respects.

And i did it, by thinking ...What if he had made the right choices ?

And instantly that image came to to my mind.

In my version....Arthas, realized what everyone expected from him.And became, the greatest paladin and Weilder of the Holy Light in the whole planet.Grand Crusader of the Silver Hand King Arthas Menethil.After a life of hard fighting and piety, Arthas grew ever more stern, caring, but a hard man. No Queen, no Children. His devotion is for the Light, and the Light only.He fought the undead scourge and made the right choices.He listened to Jaina, Uther and Muradin.He purged Mal'ganis.And after he learned where the real threat emanated from, he wen't there himself.

With his specially crafted hammer, The Holy Throne Sunderer, he obliterated the Frozen Throne and every bit of energy it contained.

The Undead never disappeared. Just grew wilder. And uncontrolled.

So King Arthas led a life of Fighting and protecting his people.

So without further adue,

All Hail, King Arthas Menethil, the Throne Sunderer, Hero of the Eastern Kingdoms.

Leader and Teacher to All Paladins.

This was selected for the World of Warcraft Tribute book by Udon, so naturally:

Now that WoD is coming, how awesome would it be if, based on the alternate timeline of Dreanor, we would get a alternate timeline of Azeroth as well? No Lich King, so Arthas wouldn't be corrupted and we could get this version of him.....just awesome!

This piece, to me, always looks like he used the Light and his own sheer will of soul to overwhelm Frostmourne instead of it taking over him, and had the blade melted down and reforged into a hammer, became one with it and used it to shatter the Frozen Throne.

Well man..i gotta be honest. I'm not the most disciplined of artists so i don't practice alot. I draw/paint when i feel like it. So that's why there's no perfection on my work. I'm usually quite content with mild development over long periods of time.

I draw since i was 5.If i had the discipline/drive some artists have, by now i'd be one of the world's greatests (don't mean to be conceited. But that's a lot of time painting)Some hobby artists draw 3 to 5 hours a day, and in some cases professional artists on gaming/movie industries draw from 8 to 12, 16 hours a day sometimes depending on the intensity of production crunch time.I barely draw 1, 2 hours a day when i'm not working on a particular piece i'm excited about or comission. When i'm working it could be some 5, 6 hours a day (for a small amount of days)

For a long time i had professional aspirations but unfortunately i was born in the wrong country to do the type of art i like to do. (Brazil's appreciation, market for this stuff is laughable).So i'd rather do it as a hobby at a pace that doesn't stress me. I try to gain a little from it because it's time, and time is always valuable.

But to achieve my "level" of skill isn't really hard. I've seen some kids who started waaaaaaaaaaaay after i did advance far quicker in terms of skill and quality over the course of 3, 4 years sometimes.Put your mind to it, and it comes with time, reference and most important of all, enjoyment and self-accessment. It's the journey not the results. The results come with experience.

thank u so much for your concern and we have something in common here me also living on a country that is not appreciate this kind of work (Egypt) but like what u said it's a hobby and i would like to gain more skills just for me i love the art and paint as a whole and i will improve my self as well u give me the chills here i think i could mange the time and to gain more experience thank u one more time for ur concern and ur are not a conceited !! it's true u would be on of the world's greatest u are talented and i hope to see more of ur work and if i may i want to ask ur email on facebook just in case i need an advice or something have a nice day

He still is. Or he rather was before Cataclysm came... He was a great king, well, King of the Scourge, but still a king. And i like the guy not for being the bad-guys'-boss but because of the reason to why he became The Lich King - to become stronger and purge the darkness to protect him people and things like that. Yes, he wasn't strong enough to resist the mind control from the cursed blade, but still If you have watched the "death of the lich king" in youtube or other video sharing websites you know what i'm talking about.

My only problem is that your alternate timeline has him not marry? Prior to the third war he and Jaina were engaged and Arthas called it off because he didn't want to interfere with Jaina's study under Antonidas. So had the war gone in the favor of Lorderon Jaina and Arthas would have gotten married. Which would have been huge in the Alliance because it would have brought Kul'Tiras back. With the combined power of the northern kingdoms Arthas would likely have helped his "brother" Varian retake Stormwind much earlier and with the wealth and power of Lorderon behind them the Defias would never have been a problem either.

Playing with alternate timelines is fishy. But what was expected of Arthas and what he himself chose even when falling into darkness was always his people first. He would never abandon his people for the Light. Part of the responsability to his people would be getting married and having an heir.

I'm already playing with an alternate universe where arthas isn't a total son of a bitch i didn't attach myself to any rules to the canon version It's what's fun about this kind of stuff. Could've made him a chick if it suited my mind hehe

I'm not sure I see Arthas in this, this has more of a Terenas vibe to it, Arthas was more .... Elvish, boyish almost, no beard on him, ever Love the picture though, but if it was Terenas, it would've clicked with me much better ^_^

Arthas had very strong elven features, beard never suited him in the first place, it was more of a "old-wise" thing, which went best with Terenas. Same picture without a beard, and slightly slimmer facial features would make great Arthas.